004657854-2432-1AUNCLASSIFIED243593004-01-1957243620412-31-1957DIVISON/0064/AIR (DEFENSE)HISTORYK-DIV-64-HI V.1VOL I OF II11404P0640805
96835244847208-03-1991STATES THAT REPORTING PERIOD SAW ESTABLISHMENT OF VERY COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS WITH AIR DEFENSE COMMAND (ADC) AND STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (SAC). STATES THAT 64 AIR DIVISION (DEFENSE) (64 AD) AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY WAS ROUGHLY EQUAL TO THAT OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES AND WAS COMPRISED OF EASTERN CANADA, A PORTION OF THE CANADIAN ARCTIC ISLANDS AND GREENLAND. INCLUDES BACKGROUND OF DEVELOPMENT OF 64 AD AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY. INCLUDES NARRATIVE SECTION ON PROJECT WRING OUT WHICH WAS INTENDED TO MORE CLOSELY INTEGRATE UNITED STATES AND CANADIAN AIR DEFENSE FORCES FOR COMMON AIR DEFENSE OF NORTH AMERICA AND TO SATISFY SAC REQUIREMENTS FOR MORE DIRECT CONTROL OVER BASES THAT SUPPORTED STRATEGIC FORCES WITHIN THE REGION. UNDER WRING OUT, ADC ASSUMED THE AIR DEFENSE FUNCTION WITH CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT WARNING AND CONTROL SITES, FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRONS AND PEPPERELL AIR FORCE BASE, CANADA, WHILE SAC WAS GIVEN ALL OTHER BASES INCLUDING HARMON AND GOOSE IN CANADA AND SONDRESTROM, SARSARSSUAK AND THULE IN GREENLAND. COMPONENTS OF 64 AD AFTER WRING OUT: 10 RADAR SITES, ONE AFFILIATED ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (RCAF) RADAR SITE AND SQUADRON AT GANDER, CANADA, THREE FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRONS, AN AIR BASE WING (REDESIGNATED 4737 AIR BASE WING), AND AN ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES FLIGHT (REDESIGNATED 4739 RADAR EVALUATION ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES FLIGHT). DESCRIBES 64 AD RELATIONSHIP WITH UNITED STATES NAVAL FORCES (PARTICULARLY ATLANTIC BARRIER GROUP). VERY GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST AIR FORCE METHODS OF OVERSEAS SUPPLY, PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEAST AREA, NOTED AND DISCUSSED. STATES THAT UNDER RCAF/CONAD (CONTINENTAL AIR DEFENSE COMMAND) AGREEMENT, OPERATIONAL CONTROL OF 64 CONAD DIVISION WAS VESTED IN AIR DEFENSE COMMAND OF RCAF WHILE COMMAND CONTROL OF AIR DEFENSE UNITS REMAINED WITH 64 AD. 61 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON DEPARTED HARMON AIR FORCE BASE, CANADA, WHILE TWO RCAF SQUADRONS REMAINED THERE UNTIL ARRIVAL OF 323 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON. RCAF FERRYING GROUP WAS STATIONED AT GOOSE AIR BASE AND RCAF ANTISUBMARINE/RESCUE UNIT WAS STATIONED AT TORBAY, CANADA. MID CANADA EARLY WARNING LINE WAS INTEGRATED AND TIED TO EASTERN SECTOR OF DEW (DISTANT EARLY WARNING) LINE AND 64 AD RADAR SITES IN LABRADOR (FORMER PINE TREE LINE) WERE REDESIGNATED LABRADOR EXTENTION OF MID CANADA EW LINE. REARWARD COMMUNICATIONS OF ALL 64 AD SITES WAS CARRIED ON A CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS NET. STATES THAT AIR DEFENSE OF GREENLAND WAS AN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE RESPONSIBILITY. FOUR AIR DEFENSE GROUPS WERE ACTIVATED: 4731 AIR DEFENSE GROUP, HARMON; 4732 AIR DEFENSE GROUP, GOOSE; 4733 AIR DEFENSE GROUP, FROBISHER, CANADA; AND 4734 AIR DEFENSE GROUP, THULE, GREENLAND. INCLUDES DETAILED NARRATIVE CHAPTER ON SUPPLY AND LOGISTICS. 327 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON (F-102A AIRCRAFT) WAS PROGRAMMED TO REPLACE 72 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON (F-89D AIRCRAFT) AT THULE. INCLUDES DETAILED NARRATIVE SECTIONS ON: SAC SUPPORT OF F-102A AIRCRAFT; RECOMMENDATIONS OF 323 SQUADRON COMMANDER; FERRYING OF AIRCRAFT; RCAF SQUADRONS (CF-100 AIRCRAFT) AND ALERT COMMITMENTS; AND PROJECT BELL BOY F-89D AIRCRAFT CONVERSION TO F-89J (MB-1 GENIE MISSILE CAPABLE) IN 59 FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR SQUADRON, GOOSE. NARRATIVE CHAPTERS INCLUDE: GREENLAND EXTENSION OF DEW LINE, DEW LINE AND MID CANADA LINE.NONE